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Skybird · 04-18-06, 11:22 AM

Is there a thing like "the" presdient? I think of him more as a set of aspects, a set of different views to look at him. voters almost never take the whole package into account, only a subjective and minor number of aspects, highly influenced by habits, parental traditions in their family, and brainwashing. I tend to think of Americans voting for Bush as people who have only a limited view on the man, and are only aware of aspects of him that they like, ignoring the many dark sides of him. They have a problem with their sense of reality that way. By mechanism the American voter functions much the same like the voter in other countries (that'S why the idiotic American way of campaigning more and more is copied in style in Eurpean campaigns as well, Germany no exception). It is, imo, one of the major arguments AGAINST democracy.

I think that Bush probably is one of the most incompetent and ridiculous figures who ever made it into that office, a living proof that you can make it to president even without brains - if you have enough dollars and your dynasty has enough relations to compensate for that physical handicap.

04-18-06, 11:22 AM	#14
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,729 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Is there a thing like "the" presdient? I think of him more as a set of aspects, a set of different views to look at him. voters almost never take the whole package into account, only a subjective and minor number of aspects, highly influenced by habits, parental traditions in their family, and brainwashing. I tend to think of Americans voting for Bush as people who have only a limited view on the man, and are only aware of aspects of him that they like, ignoring the many dark sides of him. They have a problem with their sense of reality that way. By mechanism the American voter functions much the same like the voter in other countries (that'S why the idiotic American way of campaigning more and more is copied in style in Eurpean campaigns as well, Germany no exception). It is, imo, one of the major arguments AGAINST democracy. I think that Bush probably is one of the most incompetent and ridiculous figures who ever made it into that office, a living proof that you can make it to president even without brains - if you have enough dollars and your dynasty has enough relations to compensate for that physical handicap. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.